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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2009; 15(22): 2708-2713
Published online Jun 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2708
Published online Jun 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2708
Size does not determine the grade of malignancy of early invasive colorectal cancer
Takahisa Matsuda, Yutaka Saito, Takahiro Fujii, Toshio Uraoka, Takeshi Nakajima, Nozomu Kobayashi, Fabian Emura, Akiko Ono, Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Tadakazu Shimoda, Clinical Laboratory Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Hiroaki Ikematsu, Kuang-I Fu, Yasushi Sano, Division of Digestive Endoscopy and Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa 277-8577, Japan
Takahiro Fujimori, Department of Surgical and Molecular Pathology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Shimotsuga, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
Author contributions: Matsuda T, Saito Y and Fujii T contributed equally to this work; Matsuda T, Uraoka T, Nakajima T and Kobayashi N designed the research; Matsuda T, Ikematsu H, Fu KI and Sano Y performed the research; Shimoda T and Fujimori T performed the histopathology; Matsuda T, Saito Y, Emura F and Ono A wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Takahisa Matsuda, MD, Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan. tamatsud@ncc.go.jp
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Received: February 24, 2009
Revised: April 15, 2009
Accepted: April 22, 2009
Published online: June 14, 2009
Revised: April 15, 2009
Accepted: April 22, 2009
Published online: June 14, 2009
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